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First Rebellion Staged By Two Brothers
On Dec. 28, 1827, days after rejecting a generous offer of amnesty, the Fredonians high-tailed it for the Sabine River and safety in the United States. The first Anglo- American revolt in Texas was an unqualified failure.
Kentuckians Haden and Benjamin Edwards made few friends in frontier Texas. Older brother Haden secured an empressario grant from the Mexican state of Coahuila permitting the…
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